Background
Topal, Jozsef was born on October 18, 1964 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Jozsef Topal and Maria Reiter.
Topal, Jozsef was born on October 18, 1964 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Jozsef Topal and Maria Reiter.
Bachelor in Biology, Eotvos University, 1989. Master of Science in Biology, Eotvos University, Budapest, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Behavior summa cum laude, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 2000.
Research fellow, department ethology Eotvos University, Budapest, 1994—1997. Associate professor Comprative Ethological Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1998—2006, Institute Psychological Researchers, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, since 2007. Program leader Dogs Humans Foundation, Budapest, since 1996.
Department chairman Assistance Dogs Hungary, Debrecen, Hungary, since 2006.
Member of Hungarian Ethological Society, International Society Infant Studies.
Married Marianna Juhasz, April 24, 1993. Children: Csenge, Daniel, Fanni, Marton.